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I don't think so. It says 'may' therefore not must and also the backpass wasn't how they gained possession. They already had possession at that point. I think that clause just reserves to right for VAR to review it if there is a very clear foul not given which results in a team obtaining the...

Had to google to check if a monitor was a type of lizard after approx 20 seconds of pondering... 4/10.

If it was the other way round and the defender player it off of the attacker to the goalkeeper, even if the touch by the attacker was extremely faint and didn't alter the direction of the ball, the goalkeeper would be able to pick it up, however this isn't the case here. I do now know for a...

Highly unlike game will have ET, but ensure you're familiar with competition rules to be safe. Penalty shoot outs, definitely ensure you're familiar with.

Would be shocked if this is actually the case. More likely that it’s out of VARs remit due to not being part of the attacking phase of play

He does ultimately stop it while the offending team have possession, but it takes him a while so he's probably not actually realised himself immediately what's happened - or it took him a while to register what happened and decide a caution was appropriate.

Funnily enough I mentioned in front of another National list referee that I thought the caution (second caution in this case) was entirely appropriate as it was very clearly an unsporting act and he said he would have been tempted instead to hold up the game and make said player go and get the...

I've also been at a league one match where a referee showed a player a second yellow card, followed by a red, then appeared to bizarrely allow the away team dugout to convince him it was only the players first yellow so he cancelled the red and allowed him to stay on. I was sat next to the ARs...

I've not yet had it where I've forgotten that I'd cautioned a player, but I did have an equally concerning almost opposite situation a couple of years ago. I was being observed on a game and I cautioned a player with 2 minutes to go. When I went to record it (after showing the caution) I noticed...

I wouldn't even say a faster pace to be honest. If anything maybe slower, but a lot more physical. You may have to adjust your threshold for physical contact, but you'll learn as you go.

Hi Well done for making the step in to open age. I actually started on open age immediately so I can't tell you about the step up itself, but having also done a fair bit of u18s since (which is the lowest age I've done) I would say there's not a massive difference. Once they're around 17 the...

Yeah I see a red on this one personally.

Am I the only one who can't really even see much of a foul before we even look at DOGSO? I am watching it on a jumpy and laggy pc though...

Would he not learn if he were less handsome? (I jest) Yeah an uncomfortable watch sadly. But we're all susceptible to these brain fart moments.

Tierney has tried to stop their centre circle huddle and its backfired on him sadly. Rosenior very much following the Postecoglu route of seeming like a great guy who talks sense until under pressure and now talking absolute waffle. Complained that an opposition player stepped in to his half...

It is relevant though, because you (or most) would never be giving an IDFK for it, yet in law it's an offence.

The one bit of advice I would give you in a refereeing sense regarding it, is if you're calling this for PIADM here, make sure you get on that whistle very quickly, because once that player gets the ball and scores, if you then disallow it, you're gonna have carnage on your hands.

I think you're making a rather large mountain out of a molehill. PIADM is a bit of a minefield. It didn't affect the game in any way shape or form, because the defender was able to play the ball as he normally would. Could it have been given as PIADM... absolutely. Has the referee missing it...

Going past/above his head, and going above head height are different things. The players head is lower than what you would normally consider to be head height. What I would say is that the defender didn't pull out of the challenge, and he didn't get struck in the head, so arguably he wasn't...

With respect, the IFAB Q&A posted is irrelevant anyway as the foot is clearly not above head level in the Bristol City game